Perfect synthesis of technology and creativity, design and communicative power. Cifra 3 has been Solari's stylistic sign for over fifty years. Designed by Gino Valle in the late 1960s, it is recognized as an icon of 20th century design all over the world and is part of the permanent collections of the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York and the New Design Museum in London. Today the Cifra 3 is the smallest clock with direct reading still in production, with the fin system created by Remigio Solari and patented in the sixties.
The technology of roller vanes enclosed in Figure 3 has revolutionized the way we view time and entered not only in homes and offices, but in the big stations, in public places and at airports around the world. The heart of the technology, formed by the motor, by the mechanical part and by the vane rollers, is fixed to an inner panel, the bearing structure of the object, while the outer case, with the unmistakable cylindrical shape designed by Valle is made of transparent polymethacrylate in the dial and thermoplastic in the back. The operation is simple, perfect and ...unchanged since 1966: the periods of the alternating current are transformed into units of time and the motor, being synchronized with the mains frequency, generates the rotary movement of the rollers and vanes. Today, just like 50 years ago, the mechanical perfection of Cifra 3 is born of the artisanal skill of the man who assembles vanes by hand, in a specific sequence.
Made in Italy
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Technical features
Size: 18 cm, Ø 9,5 cm
Reading distance: +10 m
